Fashion and Designer: LA Fashion week shows

Evening gowns and cocktail dresses are on great demand

Updated By Saudi Ali, 3.11.2009

Rock Fashion Week Susan Komen and Biatta

Hollywood, CA (Hollywood Today) 11/1/09 — Gen Art and Rock Fashion week ended Los Angeles Fashion week at Petersen Automotive Museum last Friday, just in time for Halloween.

Nine well organized shows, Leyendecker, Seneca Rising, MG Black, Valerj Pobega, Rory Beca, Tristan & Trista, Boy Meets Girl, Pink Dress, and Biatta lingerie. Curiously, All were presented by “Plastics Make it Possible” – A program of the American Chemistry Council.

Plastics makes it tpossible.com have a contest going on for interested designers, to submit their creations to www.discover.genart.org.

New and established designers will be challenged to create two womenswear looks from fabrics that include plastic based fibers as chiffon, rayon, spandex and microfiber.

The winner will receive $10.000 and a runway show at Gen Art’s Fresh Faces In Fashion event in New York, February 2010.

Evening gowns and cocktail dresses was an important factor at Los Angeles Fashionweek’s presentations this season.

Valerj Pobega was one of them and presented “The Bondage collection 2010″ at Gen Art’s “Fresh Faces In Fashion”. Her collection included black silk kimono dresses & tops, irregular circle skirts, long flapper dresses and cocoon jackets and coats.The belts were featured by dangling rope accents and rope cage corset belts.

The Pink Dress Collection at Rock Fashion week was benefiting Susan Komen G. breastcancer foundation with a three city tour including New York, Miami and Los Angeles.

After the three city events , the dresses will be auctioned off in Los Angeles, and the proceeds will go to breast cancer research and awareness.

Gen Art Fresh Faces

The Pink Dress Collections featured pink evening & cocktail dresses in a combined show, by topdesigner as Betsy Johnson, Guess, Juicy Couture, Nicole Miller, Sue Wong, Samora, Nikolaki, Zula studio, Ysa Makino, Terexov, Tadashi Shoji, Rafael Cennamo, Paula Hian, Pamella Roland, Manuel Delacruz, Luca Luca, Lilly Pulitzer, Kurru Kurru, Kati Stern, Karen Zambos, Joanna Mastroianni, Ina Soltani, Hilton Hollis, Ella Bella, Caravan, Binetti, Adam Lippes and Abiferrin.

Elizabeth Mason Vintage Couture belonged to one of the final designers to show this season. This time as a celebration of Valentino’s gowns in different ways and taste. She called her show “The Paper Bag Princess”-a celebration of Valentino – The Last Emperor – which is also the name of his new movie. ( Valentinomovie.com).

The fashion show was presented at the Moca Contemporary Museum as a closing night benefit.

Singing sensation Matt Goss flew in from Palm Casino in Las Vegas to entertain the guests as a opening act.

Sue Wong

DNA EGF Renewal sponsored the evenings giftbags by gifting their new night repair formula for dry and stressed skin.

Elizabeth Mason admits:

-”Not a single dress of this collection is made by Valentino himself – it feature top designers like Christian Dior, Adrian Original, Vicky Tiel, Yves Saint Laurent, Versace, Galanos, Emanuel, Noland Miller, Givenchy, Mr. Blackwell, Custom, Irene, Eleanora Garnett, and myself.

- These are the designers that have been influenced by Valentino over the years, and his favorite color red.

She continues: ”I have used my vintage designer collection as a canvas,and to reflect my personal vision of Valentino’s work.

On the runway of “The Paper Bag Princess Vintage Couture” you will find Yves Saint Laurent’s black matte jersey peasant gown (1970), Christian Dior’s silk chiffon strapless gown with silk rose wrap (1987), Mr. Blackwell’s one -shoulder gown with beaded dolman sleeve and Elizabeth Mason’s Valentino red silk hourglass gown (2010).

Alakazia, hat and dress designer, who came out of the retirement this year,had also something to say about the creator:

-I have worked with them all, as a costume designer, but Valentino has always been one of my favorite.

- In my debuts how as a hat designer at “Downtown lafashionweek” featured everything, from Great Gatsby, motorcycle styles to haute couture – all in unisex styles.

Oliver Tolentino, originally from Manila showed a collection of evening flair of both wedding, evening gowns and cocktaildresses.

He was part of the pre-shows to Elizabeth Mason’s Valentino benefit closing night at MOCA.

His runway featured silk cocoon dresses with handmade flowers on collar, mermaid gowns made of pina (pineapple fabric) and tulle ball gowns, embellished with Swarovsky crystals.

Sue Wong, part of Susan G.Komens’ “The Pink Dress Collection” is known for her elaborated haute couture gowns over the year. This season she put on an afternoon bash at her home estate The Cedars, to launch her new Spring 2010 collection “Belle Epoque”. Her mannequin vignettes was the very first of the Los Angeles fashionweek presentations this Autumn.

Sue Wong explained to the guests the background of the name:- “Belle Epoque” is the Nineteenth Century Belle Epoque, marked as a golden age in the arts, sciences and culture.This was the time impressionist artists were influenced by the Oriental mystique of Japonisme” and Haute Couture featured rich gowns in exotic feathers and furs”

That’s also why the collection is divided in different sections that explain the dress style with an after thought: “Degas Ballerinas” Monet Gardens” Exotica”

“Odalisque” “La Belle Epoque” and “Brides Romantique”.

Battalion design had also classic dance in mind in their Spring 2010 collection “L’atelier de dance” – Eco conscious Couture show, presented at MOCA Contemporary the final day.

It’s a line all about fluidity,transparency and movement.

-” It’s about the dancers dressed up in various costumes, that are made of tulle, fringe and ultra thin jersey”.

On Battalion runway you see asymmetrical fringe tops & cardigans, jersey ballet dresses with faux denim leggins.

The evening gowns are long straight black, made of tiering layered tulle.

This wardrobe maybe dreamy, but wearable.